Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 13: EDUCATION
History in a Box
Teacher Resources
Military Service

HISTORY In a Box Collection WWII

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TAGS: History in a Box Collection WWII, teacher resources, Harlan County KY, biographies, photographs, letters of WWII, military service, PINE CONE articles WWII, war, international relations 

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These pages and resources were developed for teachers to provide a thematic approach for using primary sources in the classroom. All resources connect Pine Mountain Settlement School and the experiences of Military Service relating to Harlan County, Kentucky.

HISTORY In a Box Collection WWII: Biographies

WWII Military Service
August Angel (Staff)
Bill Blair (student)
Frank W. ‘Unk’ Cheney  (Staff)
John Deaton (Student)
Enoch Hall (student, Pacific WWII)
Silven Hayes (Student, Europe WWII)
Paul Hayes (student, Director)
Sidney Albert Helton (Student)
William David Martin (Student, Advisory Board)
Glyn Morris (Director)
Mable Mullins (student)
John Raymond Pennington (Student)
Wilbur Wilder (Student)

HISTORY In a Box Collection WWII: Letters

Bill Blair Letters
August Angel V-Mail
Wilbur Wilder WWII letter to Miss Cobb September 27, 1945, from Ie Shima, Ryukyu Island

HISTORY In a Box Collection WWII: Articles from The Pine Cone 1944

PINE CONE 1944 Volume V, VI

V.1.2 “Go to it Young Americans”- An article about how it feels to live in war time
V.1.2 “Girls Grease Cars.” – An article about how freshmen girls are able to take a nine week general mechanics course.
V.3.6 “Did You Know” – A list of statistics about American resources.
V.5.6 “Boys Cook and Sew” – An article about boys learning a new vocation.
V.7.3 “Know Your County” – Short facts about Harlan county.

VI.2.6 “Current Events” An article by Burton Creech about the conflict in Czechoslovakia and Hitler’s actions.
VI.3.2 “Old Glory Waves”

PINE CONE 1944 January Volume VIII, No. V (military-themed issue)

VIII.V Cover Image – “Back The Attack: Dig Deep and Buy That Jeep!” – The linoleum cut of a doughboy in action was made by Opal Hall. VIII.7.6 “Victory Ball”
VIII.V.1 “Who is Looking Out for Bill?” – Editorial by Martha Lewis about limiting spending on non-essentials at the co-op store in order to buy more war stamps.
VIII.V.2 “Buy More Stamps!” – A poem by Steve Boatright about buying war stamps.
VIII.V.4 “A Parachute Factory” – An article by Marie Richmond about a Bluegrass factory.
VIII.V.4-5 “Tampa Shipyard” – An article by Opal Hall about visiting the shipyard, looking at the blueprints, and watching construction of a destroyer.
VIII.V.6 “A Busy Place” – An article by Walker Franklin about the automobile plants that were converted to war defense factories in Detroit.
VIII.V.7 “Destination Kombo!” – A fiction[?] piece by Walker Franklin about Jim, the pilot of the Flying Fortress “Galloping Goose”, on a bombing mission over Japan.
VIII.7.9 “Are You Still in the Fight”

PINE CONE 1944, Vol. IX, X

IX.1.6 – “News from Men in the Service” – An article by Eva Dale Adams that reports on former staff member August Angel and former student Junior Blair.
IX.3.3 “In Service” -A letter from former student John Deaton while at the U.S.N.T.S. Co. 1954, Great Lakes, Illinois.
IX.3.3 “Our Stars” – An article by Mary Sue Baker about the Armistice Day and the PMSS service flag.

X.3.6 – “Speakers from Negro College” – An article by Shirley Holbrook about three speakers from Tuskegee Institute (Jean E. Fairfax, Wendell Lipscomb, and Lillian Holland).
X.4.2 – “Man Shortage” – An article by Maxine Moses about what work girls were doing on the campus of PMSS during the war.

HISTORY In a Box Collection WWII: Photographs & Visual Media

Mable Mullins
William David Martin
Curtis C. Long
Stella Taylor
Paul Hayes
Sidney Albert Helton
Glyn Morris, Chaplain
Marion Turner
Scearce Brothers

Unlabeled WWII photographs from Grace Rood Photograph Album I

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Other Source: PMSS and War

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